eric, i have learned a lot of our culture history, all their d. w. travel extremely worth a visit with ah ah, this is dw news live from berlin. hurricane in pushes further into florida. authorities warned the worst is not over as one of the most severe storms ever recorded in the us threatens catastrophic damage with storm surgeries and extreme winds. also on the show, we do not accept

a sham referenda and any kind of annexation in ukraine, international condemnation and new sections after moscow says occupied regions. ukraine voted. yes to becoming part of russia. plus russia says it's not to blame for the damage to undersea gas pipelines in the baltic. sea european leaders say it was sabotage ah on pablo foliage, thanks for joining us. hurricane ian has been making its way inland in western florida hours after it's slammed into the coast as a category for storm. millions of people have been left without power and coastal areas have been inundated with record storm surges. the national hurricane center says in has now weakened 2 can agree. one spot warns a code once again,

gather strength, overland slamming into florida. hurricane and hit the states west coast with winds of over 240 kilometers per hour. so this is a devastating storm for parts of florida, not just on the south west coast, but also inland, associated with some of these impacts. that's going to be a storm we talk about for many years to pump. it's one of the most powerful storms ever recorded in the us. the authorities have warned the pounding, rain and wind will continue. as the hurricane crosses florida at the atlantic ocean . the states governor says that it could take years to recover from the devastation left behind. this is a, a major, major event. it's gonna be going to be a tragic event in many ways. and we understand this is mattress, a 48 hour ordeal. this is going to be something that is going to be there for days

and weeks and months, and unfortunately, in some circumstances, even years. the flood waters as well as winds, are causing the most damage. the hurricane has knocked out electricity to more than 1000000 homes and businesses in the city of tampa. the power of the storm sucked the water right out of the bay. forecasters say the hurricane will lose strength as it heads in land. but even so there warning of devastating rain wind and even tornadoes as it tears across the state. the white house has denounced as outrageous, the so called referendums, held by russian proxies in occupied regions of ukraine. officials installed by moscow say, up to 99 percent of residents,

said yes to being annexed by the russian federation. un secretary general, antonio quoterush has called the votes, a violation of international law. they were arranged at short notice last week after ukrainian forces, successfully liberated large areas of their country from russian occupation. these people are fleeing russia, occupied east in ukraine, about a 1000 people arrive at this check point in supper region every day. the number of those leaving has only increased since the so called referendums, calling for a formal annexation by russia began last week. they describe a procedure that is anything but democratic. we run into soldiers. they asked if we had voted. we said, yes, they said let's do it again. some say they were forced to vote at gunpoint and soldiers checked their ballots. speaking about the referendums,

ukrainian president velocity mere soleski thanked western leaders for condemning the fabricated vote, which seemed yahoo as a thank you all for your clear and unequivocal support. thank you all for understanding our position was ukraine cannot and will not put up with any attempts by russia to seize any part of our land in the u. s. so landscape predictions were echoed by the white house. these referenda are illegitimate, and frankly outrageous. we expect russia to use these sham referenda as a false pretext, to try to annex ukrainian territory and flagrant violation of international law and the united nations charter. in fact, russia's actions are transparently fraudulent and have no legal significance whatsoever. we will never recognize these illegal and illegitimate attempts at annexation the sham referendums prompt that the you to call for new sanctions

package against russia. it would be the 8th package so far and include tighter trade restrictions among them. a price cap for russian oil. thank you, my them president. the sham referenda, organized in the territories that russia occupied, are an illegal attempt to grap land and to change international borders by force. the mobilization and putting a threat to use nuclear weapons, a further steps on the escalation path, russian and stole leaders into occupied regions of dannetta clue hon. sc. supper re, john harrison huff. already formally asked the russian president to incorporate their territories into russia. dw washington bureau chief anus pulse folk with former u. s. general david patrice, and she asked him about ukraine's recent territorial gains and what the

consequences would be if russia used nuclear weapons. ukrainians have decisively won the battle of force generation. in other words, from the very beginning, they mobilized completely. and now this country of less than a 3rd, the population of russia has a much larger army in the field in ukraine. it is vastly better equipped, of course, $15100000000.00 worth of military hardware and ammunition and assistance from the united states alone and plenty more from our nato allies and other western countries throughout the world. and now they are bringing these new forces in capabilities to bear, in a very effective matter on the battlefield. there is nothing that russia can do to reverse the situation generally that some people say just because of that. and as you just mentioned, because putting might be so desperate that it could be likely that he uses nuclear weapons and then to do, do you think it is likely and what would it mean?

it is certainly a possibility. that possibility has to be taken very seriously. i don't think it is that likely? but again, something so dangerous and horrific does have to be taken seriously. clearly, as jake solomon indicated, we are taking very seriously and more importantly, we're communicating with russia and with the leadership. they are presumably in a general way what the response would be to obviously deter them to sway them from taking this decision. if anything, it will unite ukraine even more against russia, it will unite nato even more against russia. it will result in additional very various toughest sanctions. financial economic personal. this could be the moment where russians finally declared a state sponsor of terror. perhaps even worse crimes charges are levied against

this. i think this takes the gloves off in terms of the western response. so you can watch the full interview with a general the trace on our youtube channel, d, w. news, european union leader se ruptures in the north stream gas pipelines were probably caused by sabotaged. european companies are now ramping up security in the energy sector. russia has called a united nations security council meeting to discuss damage to the pipelines, european leader. i read it about the pipeline leaks in the politics that you think the damage was likely caused by deliberate act raising security concerns. but the european commission has not set who might have been behind the suspect at separate arch. today, ms. oller, who is everything, is being done to try to identify the origin of these events and of the explosions on the node string pipelines. so we will have to get to the bottom of this before being able to say anything on the origins of these explosions is okay. and who is

responsible for bio? she'll her luggage in this is extra joy. the responsibility as europe largest natural gas appliance, norway thief, it will beef up the security if it's an antique infrastructure. yes, the term, the events in the baltic sea have resulted in the government deciding to further strengthen al preparedness around on and offshore infrastructures to prevent another incident in forsworn or by the military will be more present and visible near our oil and gas installations in settlement b, u leaders have warrant of retaliation. for any attack on europe in our te networks . it here to reveal, there is no doubt that this is very serious. it is not a coincidence. this was planned. that is what i am or other things of discussed with the installed and burg nato secretary general. because this is serious, some officials and experts believe russia is behind the damage rush, a thief, it's launching an international that it has some investigation into the leaks

denying allegations it was involved. well, you know, it's quite predictable and also predictably stupid to make such claims. i repeat, once again, predictably stupid and absurd. yep. so the gas escaping from the pipelines is also an environmental concern. it contains high levels of meeting and authority, fear it could be the equivalent of one 3rd of denmark, started animal, greenhouse gas emissions. let's have a look at some of the other news from around the world. us vice president common harris has arrived in south korea day after north korea conducted more ballistic missile tests. iris is expected to condemn the launch during a meeting with saint korean president hughes. so kill, she's also scheduled to visit the demilitarized zone that divides the korean peninsula. supporters of iraq's influential cleric, mac tada outsider,

have stormed to part of my dad's heavily fortified government area. protestors breached barriers in the capital's green zone, demanding to parliament dissolve and hold. you and actions iraq has been unable to form a government since october, when outsider ordered his party to withdraw from negotiations. at least 13 people have been killed and dozens injured. after a ran launched a series of drones strikes into the kurdish region of northern iraq. iranian authorities accused armed kurdish groups of stoking and rest in around. the u. s. has condemned the strikes as an attack on iraq sovereignty will iran's national football team created a social media storm and a match in austria this week, by covering up their jerseys during their national anthem, the gesture appears to be a show of support for the women's rights protests in iran, they were triggered by the death of a young woman in police custody who was arrested for not wearing

a headscarf in the prescribed manner. it was subtle, but pointed ahead of their friendly match with senegal, played in vienna, austria. the iranian men wore heavy black warm ups on a warm autumn day covering their iranian logo during what is supposed to be a most patriotic moment. their national anthem. outside of the stadium, protestors made their voices heard shouting slogans against the islamic republic. trying to ensure the iranian team is on their side, the side of and then back home. ah, this is off and so forth. the 5th, because they are killing don't meddling. the people on the keith of the 3 labor cousins iranian forward solder, as moon, seemed to be with the protesters. he was seen after tuesday's match, saying my shirt belongs to the people of iran, all iranians, not one person. he appeared to a legend, an earlier instagram post,

an order to keep silent than condemned the iranian authorities. deadly response to the protests sang shame on you. this will never be erased from our consciousness. the post was deleted and the account for several days, leaving 5000000 followers guessing. as moon scored, a goal against senegal then took to his restored social media account and apologized for causing an uproar. but added masa means death left a pain in the nation that will never be forgotten. interestingly, perhaps, the iran cynical match in vienna included a woman referee. as with the male referees, her head and legs were uncovered. well, here's a reminder of the top news stories. this are the view from the international space station shows just how massive hurricane is while on the brand in florida authorities war and the worst is not over as one of the worst storms and usa,

st moves inland, bringing floating and extreme winds. the european union has outlined a fresh package of sanctions against russia. they include sweeping new trade restrictions and a cap on the price of oil. the e is also targeting officials responsible for the sham referendums held eastern ukraine. well, that's all for now. up next doc film looks at the dark side of 2 times dictatorship of happiness on public totally is for me the team here in britain. thanks for watching. take care. ok. mm hm. a.